The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-05

The hardware store CT Beardsley
& Pratt and two adjoining buildings il
Otter Lake, Michigan, were burned OF
the morning of the 31st ult. Loss
S25, 900; insurance, $40. coo. One Of The
buildings of Chadwick Brothers
~bleachery, at Newburg, New York,
was burned on the evening of the 3lst
ult. Loss $4,000; partially insured
Four employees were severity burned II
the face and arms.
For two days the temperature al
st. Paul, Minnesota, ranged from 20 tC
30 below zero, but on the 31st ult., II
moderated slightly, and a snow storm
set in.
Benjamin +. Chamberlin, OF the
stock yards commission firm of Coombs
Hanna Il Co., at Chicago, was arrested
ON the evening of the 3lst ult., and
held i'll $1,000 bail to answer a short
age' in his accounts.
Two boys named Rivers. aged eight
and ten years respectively, were mur-
dered by Samuel Bivins, aged II, IN the
woods near Macon, Georgia, on the
29th ult. Bivins was captured. He
said he had a fight with the boys"
The a S of ex-Alderman O'Neill.
charged with receiving a bride, il
New York, vas given to the jury or
the evening of the LIST, and at II II
z. NJ. a verdict of guilty was rendered
Charles Talbot, 10 years Of age
night CLERK in the Gayoso Hotel, al
Memphis, Tennessee, disappeared or
the morning of the LIST, with $500 OF
diamonds be onging to Miss Fanny
Davenport, which had been given Il
him for safe keeping. He also tooA
$500 in cash belonging to the hotel.
john ID. Lisle, Discount Clerk il
the First National Bank of Baltimore,
disappeared ON the 29Lh ult.. aud is re-
ported TO be a defaulter for $4,000
He took $500 in cash when he left.
The post office at Gainesville, Texas
was robbed on the 3lst ult. of $1,000 il
bills and a small amount of silver. The
safe was old and easily broken open,
Two OF the robbers have been arrested
and $500 of the money recovered
-Rebecca Buck, 35 years of age.
was found hanging in her attic, neal
East Hanover. Lebanon county, Penna.
on the 31st ult. A few hours later heI
mother, Mrs. Sarah Buck, aged 70
hanged herself in the same place.
jacob Zook and Jacob Rock, the
former s. years of age, the latter "a
were killed by a train at a railroad
crossing in Chambersburg, Penna., OIL
the 1st.
The loss by the burning of the
Chad wick bleachery in NeWburg, New
York, OIL the 3lst ult., is now estim4.
ted at $50, 900. Joseph Tillotson, ageC
81 years, persisted in the burning build
ing. The Grace -four mil at Cartilage,
Illinois, was burned on the 3lst ut
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $50 ,000
Barnes Opera House, in Lampasas,
Texas, was burned on the Both ult.
Loss. $50, 600; insurance, $50, 900.
Mrs. Edward Walker, who lived
neal DEVILS Lake, Dakota, persisted II
a blizza.d en- the Doth ult., while trying
to get to Il neighbours house. Her hus.
band was in town, unable to get hout
because OF the storm.
- lllioh NiiIUWdy an uio Ciclh
Mr.. Lease, were shot and fatally woun
ded by burglars N Galloway's store
neal Little Rock, Arkansas, on tn,
3lst ult. Tie mangled body of Thoma'
Mooilck, an elderly mon, was found il
Edward Z4ph's house in Schenectady
New York, on the list. Zeph, who wa
suffering from a prolonged spree, wa
arrested. His clothing was covered
with blood.
During a wind storm on the west
slope of the Cascade Mountains, east o.
Tacoma, Washington Territory, early
on the morning of the Both ult, a large
tree was blown down a slope into CAM
where Chinese laborers were sleeping
At last accounts Mn dead bodies ha(
been taken from the camp and lively,
more of the men were injured.